Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-02-17
Interesting Capital Notes.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 18th, 1887.
"BooBY HoR.n

| OOcs NOoOANCu pOsb III Vic OcudJ6 anu
made "booby" of himself by keeping con-
spicuously absent. This absence was brought
about because the then Sergeant-at-Arms of
the Senate would not appoint one of Bob's
friends as porter, but instead appointed a
negro from Steubenville to that position.
For doing this Bob wanted the Sergeant
bounced, land even plead with some of the
Democratic Senators to help him have him
bounced. They told him it was not their fight,
and other engagements prevented them from
attending the Republican funeral. Over two
weeks ago the "booby" left his place in the
Senate and has not yet returned, and reports
from his home in Logan county, bring the
information that he says he never will. 1t is
said that when Secretary of State Robinson
went up to Bellefontain to induce him to re-
turn, his reply was: 'Do you think will re-
turn to body which upholds the appoint
ment of ID niger in preference to a
friend of miner" The Republicans now in
stead of calling him "King Bob," with his
gavel, call him "booby Bob"
TRIoKERY OF THE BAsEsT KIND.
Your readers are aware that some weeks
since special partisan grand jury-gotten
upbya a Republican Prosecuting Attorney and
Sheriff of this county-indicted a number of
respectable and prominent citizens of this
city as having been participants in the alter
ing of the tally sheets of the 18th ward at the
election in October, 1885, together with two
notorious convicts in the penitentiary, who
had boasted that they did the altering in that
institution. Neither the reputable citizens
or the lpenitentiary convicts have yet been
brought into court to enter plea to the in
dictment. Notwithstanding this state of
facts, the Prosecuting Attorney one after
noon during the past week, just as the Judge
was about to leave the bench for good, and
after thesattorneys for the defense had left
the court room, had the brazen effrontery to
get up in court and ask the Judge to have
sottes entered in the case of the two notori-
GUS convicts. Just as the infamous prosecu-
tor made this request, one of the attorneys
for the defense happened to come into court
to get some article which he had forgotten,
and stopped the infamous proceeding, which
accidentally returned to the court room. In
all the practice in the courts, we doubt
whether moro Infamous act was ever at
tempted than this: to have nolles entered in
favor of the persons who had testified before
the grand jury that it was they who had COM
mitted the act charged, before they had en-
tered plea.
0LEoMARGARINE.
The State of Ohio as we'll as the general
government. have adoptedvery stringentlaws
to prevent the sale of bogus butter, jellies,
honey, etc., as genuine articles, which, if
they were enforced, as they should be, would
prevent the sale of these bogus articles, and
their being palmed off on an unsuspecting
public as the genuine article. But how are the
officers of the State and government enforc-
ing the law and attending to the duties for
which they have been appointed2 Virtually
not attending to them at all, Judging from
the amount of bogus stuff that is sold contra
rysto law. Right here, at the Capitol of the
State, in the markets and in the stores, oeo-
margarine and butterine is sold right under
the nose of these sworn officers, as genuine
butter. The law says, that every place where
these limitations are sold, signs shall be pub
licly placed telling what the article is, but in
the markets and stores alluded to, no sign is
visible; yet we have here the chief dairy COM
missioner, at high salary. But then he is
on par with the other appointments made
by j. Benson Foraker-of no account. Let
the law and the Office be abolished, or let it
be enforced as ii should be.
e.r sa.-r=- NOTES. -
Ohio's former able and distinguished Gov
ernor-Hon. George Hoadley-was at the
Capitol during the past week on private bu-
siness. As your readers are aware, the Gov
ernor in few days will remove with his fam
lily to New York City, and engage in large
and we hope a lucrative one--law practice.
His many friends in Ohio, while regretting
to see him remove from the State he has so
highly honored, will wish for him and his
family great prosperity in their new home.
George Hoadley is one Of natures noblemen.
Congressi during the past week passed a
law which will have great effect on the
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more SO than the Ohio Penitentiary. The
substance ofthe law is, that no U. S. prison.
er confined in these institutions shall be al
lowed to labor on any kind of work which
will either directly or indirectly pecuniarily
benefit any person outside of the prison. The
Ohio Penitentiary has about fifty of these
prisoners who are now and have been work
ing on contract and piece price work, which
will have to cease. This law of Congress is
great triumph for outside labor, and your
correspondent wishes that every State in the
Union had the same kind of law in relation
to their criminals. If they had, outside labor
would be in better demand than it is at pres
ent.
The State Sanitary Convention was in ses
sion two days last week. A number of prom
inent physicians and others interested in san
itary affairs were present. y i.,,.,... ,.f.,
The National Coal Operators and the Min
ers' Convention were in session last week. |
Delegates were not only present in large |
numbers from Ohio, but also from other
States. The sessions continued three days
and were very harmonious.
The Senate Dassed resolution for the Cow